ABSTRACT
The topic of Urban Agriculture as an integrated factor of climate-optimized urban development is – in many facets – related to the ‘larger wholes of global change’ such as rapid urbanization, globalizing agricultural land, food systems and climate change. Although the concept of agriculture as part of the city is becoming accepted more and more, the different issues brought together under the UAC project are still generally regarded as separate. Breaking them down within the context of a concrete urbanizing region and its life-world problems means to study their impact on site within a demarcated area. A number of disciplines approach the same question from different directions, aiming to better understand the underlying conditions, the mutual influences and interactions, not least in order to identify besides potentials and possible synergies conflicts and contradictions.
